obiter dictum

短语

[法] 顺便说的话, 附带意见

发音

UK /ˌəʊbɪtə ˈdɪktəm/
US /ˌoʊbɪɾɚ ˈdɪktəm/

词形变化

obiter dicta 复数 obiter dicta

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An incidental remark; especially (law) a statement or remark in a court's judgment that is not essential to the disposition of the case.

    附带意见

    附论

    附言

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries All I know is that we had a patent suction jack—for of course we daren't use leverage—capable of raising five tons dead weight drawing on a stone weighing something less than five hundredweight and it couldn't budge it a hair. No, sir; do what we might it had us beaten to cold cinders. And if you want my obiter dictum I should say the biggest thing in W.S. enigmas is waiting patiently there for some bright boy to come along and scoop it.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

dictum

上位词 6

opinion comment judgment judgement input remark

词源

From Latin obiter dictum (“something said by the way”).

来源：wiktionary